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Function documentationWorking with Side Panels in Plant Maintenance

 

You can use side panels to display additional, context-sensitive information about Plant Maintenance processes in a separate screen area. Side panels are available in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client for SAP GUI applications and in Web Dynpro applications. You can enhance the side panels to meet your requirements, thereby specifying which information you want to have displayed in the side panel.

Features

You can use side panels when processing technical objects, maintenance notifications, service notifications, maintenance orders, service orders, and task lists.

In the side panel screen area, you can choose from several CHIPs (Collaborative Human Interface Parts) that are provided by SAP. For example, you can display cost analysis reports and context-sensitive information on master data, call Web services, or display the current technical object in the SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer.

The following preconfigured side panels with CHIPs are available in Plant Maintenance:

You can find a complete list of CHIPs provided by SAP in the CHIP catalog.

You can enable your users to work with side panels by assigning them one or more of the following side panel roles:

  • The technical role Side Panel: Logistics (SAP_BSSP_LO_SIDEPANEL) contains the side panel definitions from the area Plant Maintenance (PM) for SAP GUI transactions and Web Dynpro applications. By assigning users this role, they can use the side panels Notes and Collaboration, display master data details and call Web services.

  • The technical role Extended Side Panel Definitions for Logistics (SAP_BSSP_LO_SIDEPANEL_EXT) contains the side panel definitions SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer for SAP GUI transactions and Web Dynpro applications in the Plant Maintenance (PM) area and is available in the software component SAP_APPL. By assigning users this role, they can display technical objects in the side panel for Visual Enterprise in the SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer or as thumbnails.

  • The technical role Side Panel: BCV Plant Maintenance (SAP_PM_BCV_SIDEPANEL) contains the side panel definition Business Context Viewer for SAP GUI transactions and Web Dynpro applications in the Plant Maintenance (PM) area and is available in the software component PLMWUI. By assigning users this role, they can call content in the Business Context Viewer side panel, such as BI queries and diagrams based on Business Warehouse data.

More Information

For more information about side panels in the Business Suite, such as which prerequisites and restrictions apply, see Side Panel for Business Suite and Getting Started with Side Panel Configurations.

For more information about side panels in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client, see SAP Help Portal at:

  • Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/nw731Information published on SAP site Next navigation step Application Help Next navigation step SAP Library Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Library:  Function-Oriented View Next navigation step Application Server Next navigation step Application Server ABAP Next navigation step UI Technologies in ABAP Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Business Client Next navigation step 2 Using NetWeaver Business Client Next navigation step 2.9 Side Panel End of the navigation path.

  • Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/nw731Information published on SAP site Next navigation step Application Help Next navigation step SAP Library Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Library:  Function-Oriented View Next navigation step Application Server Next navigation step Application Server ABAP Next navigation step UI Technologies in ABAP Next navigation step SAP NetWeaver Business Client Next navigation step 6 Programming Aspects Next navigation step 6.7 Integrating the Context-Sensitive Side Panel End of the navigation path.

For more information about side panels in Plant Maintenance, see SAP Note 1816377.